Princess Harmony

Big Pharma’s crime: profits from addiction

New Hampshire’s attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing…

August 5, 2022

Safe consumption sites: End the war on people who use drugs!

New York City 2020. In the shadow of the COVID-19 epidemic are two others: the opioid and overdose epidemics. Since…

July 18, 2022

Commentary: Harm reduction must be accessible and free

In many areas of the United States and Canada, the illicit and prescription drugs being sold on the street now…

May 11, 2022

Queer people and the U.S. communist movement, 1969-1979

In 1966, one of the first transgender-led rebellions occurred in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot…

January 14, 2022

Queer people and the U.S. Communist movement, 1950-1969

Communists the world over fight for the liberation of the working class and the oppressed. From the very start, scientific…

January 5, 2022

Drug users need unions, compassion clubs

Drug users and abusers, as a group of people, are among the most oppressed of our class. Because of this,…

December 17, 2021

NYC opens first safe consumption sites

With fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses dramatically rising during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. needs a new strategy for countering…

December 16, 2021

Untreated, opioid withdrawal can kill

Opioid withdrawal is hell on the body and mind. You lose control over bodily functions, shake, shiver and struggle until…

September 20, 2021

Deadly overdoses increase; Lifesaving naloxone in short supply

In 2020, the number of fatal opioid overdoses increased 30% over 2019, leaving 93,000 people dead. These people could have…

August 26, 2021